When Angels Fall
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{{Infobox film
| name = When Angels Fall
| writer = Roman Polański
| director = Roman Polański
| starring = Barbara Lass
Roman Polański
Henryk Kluba
Andrzej Kondratiuk
| music = Krzysztof Komeda
| cinematography = Henryk Kucharski
| runtime = 21 minutes
}}
When Angels Fall (Polish: Gdy spadają anioły) is a short film written and directed by Roman Polanski in 1959. The idea for the film was taken from a short story Klozet Babcia (Toilet Granny), written by Leszek Szymański and published in the weekly Kierunki in Warsaw, Poland. The film was Polanski's first produced in color.
The film, told mostly in flashback, portrays a washroom attendant who reminisces about her former life while daydreaming at her dreary job.
References
- {{cite web | last = Stafford | first = Jeff | title = Special Event: Roman Polanski Shorts | work = Behind the Camera: The Short Circuit | publisher = Turner Classic Movies website | url = https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/142652 | access-date = 2007-01-22 }}
Further reading
- {{cite book | last = Leaming | first = Barbara | title = Polanski, The Filmmaker as Voyeur: A Biography | url = https://archive.org/details/polanskifilmmake0000leam | url-access = registration | publisher = Simon & Schuster | date = 1981 | location = New York | isbn = 0-671-24985-1 }}
- {{cite book | last = Parker | first = John | title = Polanski | publisher = Victor Gollancz Ltd | date = 1994 | location = London | isbn = 0-575-05615-0 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0052838}}
{{Roman Polanski}}
Category:Films directed by Roman Polanski
Category:Films with screenplays by Roman Polanski
Category:Films scored by Krzysztof Komeda
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Polish drama short films
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